Ancient Greece
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mount Olympus | the 12 most important gods and goddesses lived on the highest mountain in Greece. |
| Delphi | the temple of apollo was located here, most famous for oracle. |
| homer | the poet of the first great epic Iliad and Odyssey. He based them on war between Greece and the city of Troy. |
| Aesop | a slave made up a now famous fable called The tortoise and the hair. |
| Sophocles | one of the three best known writers of greek tragedy writer |
| myth | are traditional stories about gods an heroes |
| Euripides | one of the three best known greek tragedy writer |
| oracle | a sacred shrine where a priests or priestess spoke for a god or goddess |
| epic | long poems told about heroic deeds |
| fable | fable |
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